Verse:
             Am   G           Am   G
I've paid my dues, time after time.
             Am       G                 Am    G
I've done my sentence, but committed no crime.
           C      F            C   F    
And bad mi-stakes, I've made a few.
            C             G            Am7       D         G
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, but I've come through.
                  F        Gm      G       A7
And we mean to go on, and on, and on, and on.

Chorus:
D           Gbm7          Bm7     G  A
 We are the champions, my friends.
    D             Gbm7               G   A     Ab7  
And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end.


Em7         A7         Gm         A    Db   
 We are the champions, we are the cham-pions.
D            Em           F          G7        Gbm  
 No time for losers, 'cos we are the champions,
       Dm    Gm7, Dm  Gm7, Dm  Em7
Of the World.

Verse:
              Am   G               Am    G
I've taken my bows, and my curtain calls.
               Am                                   G
You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it;
            Am  G
I thank you all.
                        C     F            C      F    
But it's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise.
                C                    G           Am7      D             G
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race and I ain't gonna lose.
                  F        Gm      G       A7
And we mean to go on, and on, and on, and on.

Chorus:
D           Gbm7          Bm7     G  A
 We are the champions, my friends.
    D             Gbm7               G   A     Ab7  
And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end.


Em7         A7         Gm         A    Db   
 We are the champions, we are the cham-pions.
D            Em           F          G7        Gbm  
 No time for losers, 'cos we are the champions, of the...

Chorus:
D           Gbm7          Bm7     G  A
 We are the champions, my friends.
    D             Gbm7               G   A     Ab7  
And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end.


Em7         A7         Gm         A    Db   
 We are the champions, we are the cham-pions.
D            Em           F          G7        Gbm  
 No time for losers, 'cos we are the champions.